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Old 01-24-09, 06:34 PM
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Your favorite WTH moments in games

Inspired by the wtf movie moments...

The ending of mario 3 "We're sorry but the princess is in another castle. Just kidding"

Resident Evil 1. The scene where the Zombie dog bursts through the window

Final Fantasy 7 the first mission when you blow up the first reactor
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

Sorry, there is none better than the Eternal Darkness 'erase save game' sanity effect.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

Originally Posted by mhg83
Inspired by the wtf movie moments...

The ending of mario 3 "We're sorry but the princess is in another castle. Just kidding"

Resident Evil 1. The scene where the Zombie dog bursts through the window

Final Fantasy 7 the first mission when you blow up the first reactor
The Resident Evil remake deserves mention as well. I remember a burning Zombie kicking down a door and running after me.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

For FF7 I think you have to go with
Spoiler:
Aeris


Bioshock:
Spoiler:
the whole "Will You Kindly" reveal was pretty jaw-dropping for me


Though I didn't really experience it, I'd imagine NES Metroid's ending
Spoiler:
that she's a girl
was pretty shocking at the time.
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I remember being shook as hell when that dog jumped through the window in the first Resident Evil.

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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

Definitely Bioshock.

One that stands out to me for some reason is Grandia II. I'm used to changing out characters in RPGs, but I was not expecting
Spoiler:
Mareg to do what he did


I got my wife to play the first RE..up until the scene with Zombie dog. That was great
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Sorry, there is none better than the Eternal Darkness 'erase save game' sanity effect.
Exactly what I was going to pick. That was brilliant.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

Mine would be The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time:

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Just when you thought you had finally beaten the game, Ganon comes back in another form and you have to race down the tower staircase as it is collapsing and then beat him one more time


Super Mario 3:

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When you're crossing the lava in World 8 and the hand comes up and grabs you, forcing you to play the level. I think only twice was I able to get through that part and not have a hand grab me.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

definitely Bioshock.

How about the ending to Super Mario Bros 2 when:
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It was all a dream
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

What about MGS and Pyscho Mantis? Pretty funny at the time.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

Knights of the Old Republic:

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For the first half of the game, everyone thinks that the big bad Sith Lord Darth Revan is dead. Then it is revealed that YOU are actually Darth Revan.


No One Lives Forever (can't remember if it was the original or the sequel) but both games were full of WTF moments. The biggest WTF moment was the rail shooter level where a stereotypical kilt-wearing Scotsman is driving a tricycle while you are on the back of it shooting at French mimes.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

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Knights of the Old Republic:

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For the first half of the game, everyone thinks that the big bad Sith Lord Darth Revan is dead. Then it is revealed that YOU are actually Darth Revan.


No One Lives Forever (can't remember if it was the original or the sequel) but both games were full of WTF moments. The biggest WTF moment was the rail shooter level where a stereotypical kilt-wearing Scotsman is driving a tricycle while you are on the back of it shooting at French mimes.
That was part two. In the first one, the Scotsman is your enemy. Both great games, though.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
The biggest WTF moment for me in that game is when in the last level the big hawkmouth thing that you usually go through at the end of each level suddenly comes to life and attacks you!
Even more WTH moment in smb2:

Spoiler:
When I found out the game was just a clone game replaced with mario sprites and the Japanese ended up with the real mario 2
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

The ending of Braid is a recent example for me.

FF7 and Bioshock have been mentioned, and I agree with them.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

More recently, the ending of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and the whole last sequence with the sticky bombs
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

Not really a WTH, but more of a "I can't believe they got away with this..."
Conkers Bad Fur Day... (Brass balls, drunk pissin, cow poop...) God... I gotta play this again...
Still the only game that actually made me laugh out loud and make friends come over to see it.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

The trap in Lemmings that wrapped a rope around the lemming's neck, whipped the lemming up and down by the rope, and slammed the lemming into the ground.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

I can't call any of these my "favorites" but they stick out in my mind as very effective and memorable.

Bioshock is mentioned many times here but I have to talk about my specific WTH?! moments.

Spoiler:
1. The Doctor mutilating the patient...the whole scene with the darkness and his mad ravings was just crazy.

2. All though the game approaching dead bodies was fairly safe; but then a certain point, later in the game, the game decides not all "dead bodies" are dead. I can't remember the area, but the first one "playing possum" is a woman who plays dead until you get right up to her then she quickly raises her head, screams, and attacks. Holy FUCK!!!

3. In the medical area when you pick up an item on the desk and as you turn there's a Doctor just standing there. He just stares then attacks.


Condemned

Spoiler:
The Mannequins in the department store when they all surround you. No matter what you do, there they are and they're starting at you. That ain't right!!!! I was genuinely scared at that part.

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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

Speaking of Condemned, I was more impressed with the "Locker" scene. The mannequins never bothered me.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

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Speaking of Condemned, I was more impressed with the "Locker" scene. The mannequins never bothered me.

Once I figured out I should shoot them before they even move I was cool. But that one part was really freaky.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

When he goes down on her and we find out that.. oh wait! that was a movie...

Dead Space, the final scene.

Fallout 3
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When you find that the people in Andale are cannibals. First I thought oh what a beautiful place, with a couple of traditional American families. Then WTF??? and after that I was really enraged, like if it was in real life. I killed them several times. I emptied my weapons several times on them. And I've never came back to that town. I know that grandpa said that he was going to take care of the kids and try to be good, but I don't really believe that...
Maybe when the DLC is released I'll be back to check how they are doing.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Sorry, there is none better than the Eternal Darkness 'erase save game' sanity effect.
Agreed.

Man i loved that game.
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

Unlike other entries in the series, Resident Evil 4 is low on scares. But it does have one -- and its a doozy.

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The "burning man".
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Re: Your favorite WTH moments in games

A favorite of mine is in Lego Star Wars. The Disco Room on Geonosis. If you've been there, you know what I mean.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the final boss in Smash Bros.


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